Zimbabwe

Fossils on stamps and postmarks of Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in southern Africa.
It bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east.
The capital and largest city is Harare. A country of roughly 13 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most commonly used.
Since the 11th century, present-day Zimbabwe has been the site of several organised states and kingdoms as well as a major route for migration and trade.
The British South Africa Company of Cecil Rhodes first demarcated the present territory during the 1890s; it became the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia in 1923.
In 1965, the conservative white minority government unilaterally declared independence as Rhodesia.
The state endured international isolation and a 15-year guerrilla war with black nationalist forces; this culminated in a peace agreement that established universal enfranchisement and de jure sovereignty in April 1980.
Zimbabwe then re-joined the Commonwealth of Nations—which it withdrew from in 2003. [R1]

The first stamps Zimbabwe were issued on 18 April 1980. Before that, stamps of Rhodesia were used. [R2]


Official stamps of Zimbabwe related to Paleontology: fossils and footprints of prehistoric animals

21.07.1998 "Fossils"
Fossils of dinosaurs, prehistoric animals and early human on stamps of Zambia 1998



Commemorative postmarks of Zimbabwe related to Paleontology: fossils

Legend is here
21.07.1998 "Fossils" [FDC]
Fossil on postmark of Zambia 1998



References:
  •   [R1] Zimbabwe: Wikipedia, FlagCounter
  •   [R2] Postal History and Philately of Zimbabwe: Wikipedia.
              Links to official website of the Post Authority, stamp catalog and a list of new stamps of Zimbabwe are here


Acknowledgements:
Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page and his very valuable comments.

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